Pete Marchetto
@petemarchetto.bsky.social
Boomer postpatriot Englishman, freelance writer in expat recovery (from China), of the social-democratic centre now deemed 'far left', Green Party member. Free sample ebook of short stories at:
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Pete Marchetto
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· Nov 22
Free sampler ebook, (with details of how to pay me at the end if you feel like it): 'Love Sideways', 3 unromantic romances.
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The Labour cry of 'The Greens are splitting the vote' was always somewhat foolish when the Green Party and Starmer's Labour are not playing to the same voters anyway... or, at least, not the same voters with any sense of what they're about.
But this is an additional demonstration that insofar as...
But this is an additional demonstration that insofar as...
Voting Labour just handed Reform a council by-election win in a “warning” for Gorton and Denton www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...
Voting Labour just handed Reform a council by-election win in a "warning" for Gorton and Denton
The Greens nearly won a council by election, but Labour split the vote - handing Reform victory. People are saying there's a lesson here.
www.thecanary.co
February 14, 2026 at 11:45 PM
The Labour cry of 'The Greens are splitting the vote' was always somewhat foolish when the Green Party and Starmer's Labour are not playing to the same voters anyway... or, at least, not the same voters with any sense of what they're about.
But this is an additional demonstration that insofar as...
But this is an additional demonstration that insofar as...
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PM Tusk:
Some say that Ukraine should be grateful for everything.
The truth is exactly the opposite. The rest of us should be grateful to Ukraine.
Some say that Ukraine should be grateful for everything.
The truth is exactly the opposite. The rest of us should be grateful to Ukraine.
February 14, 2026 at 10:05 PM
PM Tusk:
Some say that Ukraine should be grateful for everything.
The truth is exactly the opposite. The rest of us should be grateful to Ukraine.
Some say that Ukraine should be grateful for everything.
The truth is exactly the opposite. The rest of us should be grateful to Ukraine.
Reposted by Pete Marchetto
February 14, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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A big turnout on day 444 of daily, uninterrupted protests in Georgia.
🎥 Levan Zazadze
🎥 Levan Zazadze
February 14, 2026 at 5:39 PM
A big turnout on day 444 of daily, uninterrupted protests in Georgia.
🎥 Levan Zazadze
🎥 Levan Zazadze
It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this
February 14, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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This is blackout poetry to me
February 14, 2026 at 2:26 PM
This is blackout poetry to me
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For @propublica.org’s weekly newsletter, @micarosenberg.bsky.social wrote about speaking with a 9 year old who was in immigration detention for four months. She was supposed to go to Disney World. Instead immigration agents put her on a plane to Dilley, Texas.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention
A 9-year-old shares her story of being held at the nation’s only operating detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas.
www.propublica.org
February 14, 2026 at 2:18 PM
For @propublica.org’s weekly newsletter, @micarosenberg.bsky.social wrote about speaking with a 9 year old who was in immigration detention for four months. She was supposed to go to Disney World. Instead immigration agents put her on a plane to Dilley, Texas.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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On Labour gabbing on about how people not voting for them splits the left.
It's kinda like someone turning up at a rugby match with a cricket bat, going up to the scrum and saying 'I wanna play and I wanna be captain!'
It doesn't necessarily engender hate, but it does engender the ardent desire for them to bugger off.
It doesn't necessarily engender hate, but it does engender the ardent desire for them to bugger off.
February 14, 2026 at 2:50 PM
On Labour gabbing on about how people not voting for them splits the left.
Absolutely.
Polanski è politicamente molto bravo e interessante.
February 14, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Absolutely.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Keir Starmer er dead man walking. Jeg håber på Zack Polanski som ny PM. Men så mange mandater får Green Party helt sikkert ikke, men han er så dygtig!
February 14, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Couldn't have said it better myself.
What disgusts me about this is the stupidity.
It's bad enough Labour descended into the gutter to misrepresent the Greens in the hurly-burly of domestic party politics.
But when OUR Prime Minister representing OUR country on the international stage at a forum crucial for our security takes that...
It's bad enough Labour descended into the gutter to misrepresent the Greens in the hurly-burly of domestic party politics.
But when OUR Prime Minister representing OUR country on the international stage at a forum crucial for our security takes that...
February 14, 2026 at 2:00 PM
What disgusts me about this is the stupidity.
It's bad enough Labour descended into the gutter to misrepresent the Greens in the hurly-burly of domestic party politics.
But when OUR Prime Minister representing OUR country on the international stage at a forum crucial for our security takes that...
It's bad enough Labour descended into the gutter to misrepresent the Greens in the hurly-burly of domestic party politics.
But when OUR Prime Minister representing OUR country on the international stage at a forum crucial for our security takes that...
His attack lines on the Green Party are fundamentally dishonest and target voters foolish enough to believe them.
The very idea that a PM of this country would take that silliness into an international forum and deliver it to an overseas audience is embarrassing, and makes the country look...
The very idea that a PM of this country would take that silliness into an international forum and deliver it to an overseas audience is embarrassing, and makes the country look...
Sir Keir Starmer to accuse Reform UK and Greens of being 'soft on Russia' and 'weak on NATO'
Sir Keir Starmer to accuse Reform UK and Greens of being 'soft on Russia' and 'weak on NATO'
Sir Keir Starmer will accuse parties like Reform UK and the Greens of being "soft on Russia", "weak on NATO" and more likely to leave the nation divided and defeated.
news.sky.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:56 AM
His attack lines on the Green Party are fundamentally dishonest and target voters foolish enough to believe them.
The very idea that a PM of this country would take that silliness into an international forum and deliver it to an overseas audience is embarrassing, and makes the country look...
The very idea that a PM of this country would take that silliness into an international forum and deliver it to an overseas audience is embarrassing, and makes the country look...
Yes.
Sadly, yes.
Sadly, yes.
Macron, "The EU was set up for peace and a Single Market"
"But now, Europe has to learn to become a geopolitical power"
"But now, Europe has to learn to become a geopolitical power"
February 13, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Yes.
Sadly, yes.
Sadly, yes.
Example of when it is right to disapprove absolutely while quietly applauding.
February 13, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Example of when it is right to disapprove absolutely while quietly applauding.
Blimey...
Multiple C flares erupt across large sunspot which sent out massive X flare few days ago
5h time lapse sped up several times. In certain situations, features can actually move fast enough to be observed real time,in a more practical sense,hydrogen plasma moving much faster than we think.
📸simon2940
5h time lapse sped up several times. In certain situations, features can actually move fast enough to be observed real time,in a more practical sense,hydrogen plasma moving much faster than we think.
📸simon2940
February 13, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Blimey...
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This post is really taking off. I know the Thanksgiving detail is grabbing, but I would encourage everyone to also read the full article about this family’s struggle at Dilley.
They’ve been locked up for 130+ days.
I spent hours with them on Zoom this week, and their story deserves to be heard.
They’ve been locked up for 130+ days.
I spent hours with them on Zoom this week, and their story deserves to be heard.
'Even in Russia, they don't treat children like this': A family's nightmare in ICE detention
A Russian couple and their children sought asylum in the U.S. In a Texas detention center, they say they endured worms in the food and hourslong waits for medicine.
www.nbcnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:51 PM
This post is really taking off. I know the Thanksgiving detail is grabbing, but I would encourage everyone to also read the full article about this family’s struggle at Dilley.
They’ve been locked up for 130+ days.
I spent hours with them on Zoom this week, and their story deserves to be heard.
They’ve been locked up for 130+ days.
I spent hours with them on Zoom this week, and their story deserves to be heard.
Yep.
France's Macron says time for Europe to become geopolitical power reut.rs/468jB99
France's Macron says time for Europe to become geopolitical power
Europe must turn its focus to long-term strategic thinking, including creating deep-strike capabilities and assessing how France's nuclear deterrent can fit into the bloc's future security architecture, France's president said on Friday.
reut.rs
February 13, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Yep.
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Saturn April 3 2014 - From Val Klavans (valklavans.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/mK8bme
February 13, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Saturn April 3 2014 - From Val Klavans (valklavans.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/mK8bme
A thought on the 'AI' misnomer for LLMs.
I think we may get there, I just think it's daft when people suggest it will one day pop out of refinements to current LLM models.
Why the heck did we grace LLMs with the AI tag in the first place? It just confuses everyone. It's as daft as suggesting that, with refinements to the Dewey Decimal...
Why the heck did we grace LLMs with the AI tag in the first place? It just confuses everyone. It's as daft as suggesting that, with refinements to the Dewey Decimal...
February 13, 2026 at 6:35 PM
A thought on the 'AI' misnomer for LLMs.
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Me at 20: I’ll have it all figured out by the time I’m 40.
Me at 40: wtf do you mean they rearranged the grocery store
Me at 40: wtf do you mean they rearranged the grocery store
February 13, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Me at 20: I’ll have it all figured out by the time I’m 40.
Me at 40: wtf do you mean they rearranged the grocery store
Me at 40: wtf do you mean they rearranged the grocery store
